Q
QC : Queen’s Council
QM : Quartermaster
QM CORPS : Quatermaster Corps
QM SGT : Quatermaster Sergeant
QMC : Quatermaster Clerk
QRA : Quick Reaction Alert
R
(R) : Recruiter, Example : SP(R)1C
RA : Royal Artillery
RAAF : Royal Australian Air Force
RAC : Royal Armoured Corps
R&D : Research and Development
RAE : Royal Aircraft Establishment (Farnborough)
RAF : Royal Air Force
RAFVR : Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
RAuxAF : Royal Auxiliary Air Force
RCAF : Royal Canadian Air Force
RAE : Royal Aeronautical Establishment
Ramrod : Fighter escorted daylight raid designed to destroy a specific target
RASC : Royal Army Service Corps
RCN : Reconnaissance
RDM : Radioman
RE : Radio Electrician
rear : arrière
REAR ADM : Rear Admiral
Rebecca : Radio navigational aid
RECL : Reclamation
REF : Refrigerator
REG : Registration
REGL : Regional
REGT : Regiment
to release : libérer
remainder : reste
REP : Repair
REPL : Replacement
RESCAP : Rescue Combat Air Patrol
RFC : Royal Flying Corps
RF Section : SOE Section of Général de Gaulle
RFSS : Reichfuhrer SS
RHD : Railhead
RIAF : Royal Indian Air Force
RIW : Repaired In Works
RM : Royal Marines
RM : Radioman
RN : Royal Navy
RNAF : Royal Norwegian Air force
RNAS : Royal Naval Air Service
RNethAF : Royal Netherlands Air Force
RNethNAS : Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service
RNZAF : Royal New Zealand Air Force
ROH : Roll of Honour
Roll of Honour : Tableau d’Honneur (Liste établissant les Morts au Champs d’Honneur)
rope : corde
ROS : Repaired On Site
ROSO : See NOR ROSO
RP OPR : Order of Polonia Restituta – Poland
RSM : Regimental Segeant Major
RSP : Route Staging Post
RSU : Repair and Salvage Unit
RT : Radio Technician
R/T : Radio-Telephony
RTO : Resident Technical Officer
RTP : Reduced to Produce
Rttf. : Rottenfuhrer (Corporal)
RWE : Radio Warfare Establishment
RWR : Royal Winnipeg Rifles
RY : Railway